Chouettes

\ʃwɛt\

/\ʃwɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“Chouettes” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,902. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,902
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de Chouette.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chouettes · Chouettes · French

Chouettes · rank #24,902 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,902
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chope

Nearest frequency peer: chope (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Chouettes »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Chouettes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Chouettes vs couette
67% similar
Chouettes vs couettes
78% similar
Chouettes vs croquettes
70% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Chouettes
PropertyValue
HeadwordChouettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃwɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,902
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Chouettes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Chouettesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chope » (#24,901), « chœurs » (#24,903), « chiffrer » (#24,900). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Chouettes » est au #24,902. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Chouettes (IPA \ʃwɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,902 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de Chouette.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Chouettes, with forms such as "cchouettes", "chhouettes", and "choeuttes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "couette", "couettes", "croquettes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Chouettes, spelled C-H-O-U-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de Chouette.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchouettes
  • chhouettes
  • choeuttes
  • chouetes
  • chouetets
  • chouettess
  • chouettse
  • choutetes
  • chuoettes
  • cohuettes
  • hcouettes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Chouettes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cchouettes1chhouettes1choeuttes2chouetes1chouetets2chouettess1chouettse2choutetes2
Edit distance from "Chouettes"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chouettes"?
"Chouettes" is spelled C-H-O-U-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃwɛt\.
What does "Chouettes" mean?
As a noun, "Chouettes" means: Pluriel de Chouette.
What words are commonly confused with "Chouettes"?
"Chouettes" is commonly confused with "couette", "couettes", "croquettes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Chouettes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chouettes" is \ʃwɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chouettes" come from?
"Chouettes" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Chouettes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

charrette#24,898coloniaux#24,911contactée#24,920convivial#24,923

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

chalets11 variantsbourgade11 variantscorrects11 variantsberbère11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list